spouter
Variant of spout
spout
definition
spout (spo̵ut)
noun
- a lip, orifice, or projecting tube, as on a teapot, in a drinking fountain, etc., by which a liquid is poured or discharged
- a stream, jet, or discharge of or as of liquid from a spout
- the stream of air and water rising from the blowhole of a whale
- a chute for conveying substances, as grain or flour, or articles
Etymology: from chute formerly used as a conveyance in shop
Brit., Slang a pawnshop
Etymology: ME spute, spoute < the v.
transitive verb
- to shoot out (liquid, etc.) from or as from a spout
- to speak or utter in a loud, pompous manner or in a ready, rapid flow of words
intransitive verb
- to flow or shoot out with force in a jet: said of liquid, etc.
- to discharge liquid, etc. from or as from a spout
- to spout words
spout Idioms
spout off
to spout words in a way that is hasty, irresponsible, etc.
up the spout
- bankrupt; ruined
- pregnant
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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